A question was recently asked by a taxpayer regarding student involvement and attendance at School Committee meetings and town budget hearings to help persuade taxpayers to vote to increase the...
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Don't you think it's time to ask people to remove the orange ribbons all over the telephone poles in town?
Aidan's family needs to start the healing process now. It can't be easy to drive around and...
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In a letter to the editor in The Valley Breeze and Observer dated May 8 proposing more school time, I was taken aback by the naivete of the writer regarding how the venture would be funded. He stated...
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I would like to get on record that the public is not satisfied in the way (North Providence) is financially preparing for today and the future. The public voted the council members and mayor into...
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To Mayor Lombardi:
The elderly tenants of Douglas Manor Apartments were greatly disappointed in your recent decision to set aside your proposal to eliminate the automobile tax for North Providence...
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Let me correct the record. "Affordable apartments approved for the corner of Mendon and Albion roads." This land is directly across from the side access to Seabra's Supermarket in Cumberland. It can...
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I was just about to write a check for my 2013 Cumberland automobile tax when, having lots of time on my hands since I received my new (used) recycle bin, I decided to look online for the value of my...
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I want the fire districts to be consolidated like the other 80 percent of the residents of Cumberland because I want efficiencies in fire service that will lead to a reduction in my fire tax bill. If...
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The taxpayers of the town of Lincoln are paying the tuition this year for 68 children enrolled in the Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy. This is costing the taxpayers $650,488 for this year....
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It was with little surprise, but a certain sense of amazement that I read Mr. Charles Lawrence's chastising editorial letter directed at me, and two of my colleagues over firearm purchase background...
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We, the undersigned, noted with much interest the May 2 letter to The Valley Breeze submitted by the council president urging passage of legislation allowing issuance of a Supplemental Tax as well as...
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The Museum of Work and Culture's annual appeal and raffle concluded on April 7 during the museum's Salute to Spring celebration. More than $33,000 to support educational programs and operation was...
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A letter by Charles Lawrence of Johnston, printed last week, was factually incorrect. In it he criticized three Republican state legislators for not supporting background checks on gun purchasers....
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It is time for the leadership in the Town of North Smithfield to conduct a zero-based review of the budget process, beginning with the design and function of the Budget Committee. In my capacity as...
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Recent articles for and against the North Smithfield Budget Committee's recent recommendations have really struck a cord recently. It was with great anticipation that I attended the May 7 meeting...
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